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Iriomotejima Onsen

Okinawa · 西表島温泉

Iriomotejima Onsen is a hot spring town in Okinawa, Japan. The water leaves the ground at 32.2°C, cool enough that the baths here are usually reheated. Officially the water is classed as sulfate spring.

Sulfate spring

The water here

Sulfate spring 硫酸塩泉

Clear water with a faintly bitter taste. Known for holding heat.

The numbers

Water temperature
32.2°C
Address in Japanese
沖縄県八重山郡竹富町高那

Figures from the town's Japanese Wikipedia article.

Where it is

24.3797, 123.9069 — open the map

Read more

Japanese Wikipedia

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